Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gerard Peter Dipoto (born May 24, 1968 in Jersey City, New Jersey), is a former professional baseball player and an executive who served as the interim general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Dipoto played high school baseball at Toms River High School North. He played collegiately at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was born to Gerald & Barbara Dipoto and has two siblings Marc Dipoto and Lori Dipoto-Dorsey. Dipoto was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1994, he was traded with Paul Byrd, Dave Mlicki and a player to be named later (minor leaguer Jesus Azuaje) to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa.